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We need your help! These 5 amazing Organisation applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Organisation and how your support will help them - and then cast your vote … View moreWe need your help! These 5 amazing Organisation applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Organisation and how your support will help them - and then cast your vote below. Voting closes Tuesday 13th March.
A quartet of siblings will join each other in competing against some of the world's best pool player…
Hello there gardeners, whatever your gardening goal, there's lots of inspiration to be found in Annabel's garden. Plus, well, it's just beautiful.
Want to keep your cashflow flowing? As a small business owner you know just how vital it can be for your success. To help you keep the money moving smoothly, check out these 5 helpful tips designed to help maintain a good cashflow outlook.
We need your help! These 5 wonderful Community Project applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Community Project on how your support will help them - and then cast your… View moreWe need your help! These 5 wonderful Community Project applicants are finalists in the 2018 AMI Community Grants. Now it's up to you to decide who should receive a share of the funds. Read a little information about each Community Project on how your support will help them - and then cast your vote below. Voting closes Tuesday 13th March.
The following letter to the editor has been with the Hauraki Herald for over a month with zero results, so I now publish it here. I wrote it after seeing a young mother WITH A BABY along with a young child riding his own little cycle, cautiously making their way back to Thames over the concrete … View moreThe following letter to the editor has been with the Hauraki Herald for over a month with zero results, so I now publish it here. I wrote it after seeing a young mother WITH A BABY along with a young child riding his own little cycle, cautiously making their way back to Thames over the concrete judder bar excuses for cattle stops. Concrete judder bars have caused serious accidents and I shudder to think of what could have happened.
Attention Farmers
"Having a number of farming friends that I very much like and respect, this letter is not directed against farmers per se (quite a few cycle with local groups) but it is most certainly directed at whomever among you are responsible for a local shambles. However, rumour has it that certain iwi may also be partly responsible. Politics must work in strange ways.
The shambles is the 54 hated cross gates and their dangerous concrete judder bars that make the RailTrail cycleway between Thames and Paeroa probably the most formidable so called family section in the whole of New Zealand. This danger has been brought to the attention of pertinent local authorities, principally TCDC, whom it appears have had to deal with one or more difficult landowners.
To remedy this problem affected landowners will be asked if they wish to retain the cross gates. If they are selfish then their accompanying judder bars will be replaced by much safer metal bar grids at considerable cost to ratepayers. Yes, we all pay for the lease of the rail corridor and its maintenance.
That these many cross gates were a totally needless expense is shown by the numerous cattle races on the plains that cross sealed roads and their verges which are four to five times wider than the narrow RailTrail. And none of these roads have obstacles ACROSS them. For those with computers, a perusal using Google Earth will confirm this.
Yet large herds on their way to milking across country roads in 4am darkness are surely more a risk to traffic than are cows from cyclists in broad daylight. I have seen a car crash caused by a black cow loose at night on a country road. It is not nice.
Even a first day farm worker can easily get cows across a few meters wide rail corridor. Indeed, lead cows show their herds exactly where to go. So why these utterly useless cross gates? They are an insult to the abilities of competent farmers.
From a commercial perspective, there is absolutely no doubt that Thames and its villages south are not gaining what they should from the ever growing cycling community. Word of mouth is vital and this section gets the worst comments.
The recent storm surge shows that Hauraki plains land is going to need ever more taxes spent on stop banks etc., to protect YOUR farms, so upsetting the wider community seems rather short sighted to say the least.
Some of the cross gates are particularly annoying such as the ones near Totara. These are not even dairy farms, so have virtually zero farm traffic, so why the cross gates?
The rail corridor is public land paid for by all taxpayers. So good luck with demands of unimpeded rights of way across it should fast rail ever be installed! And only the uninformed would discount such a probability should these lands still be above water.
Cyclist come here EXPECTING a very safe cycle way, consequently we are seeing families with young children, some even carrying babies.
Soon we will know which landowners along the corridor care not for the safety of our children."
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In 2017, free HPV immunisations were extended to boys for the first time, with about two thirds of parents choosing to immunise their children through their school immunisation programme.
HPV-related cancers take a long time to develop. The viruses are mostly transmitted in adolescence but often… View moreIn 2017, free HPV immunisations were extended to boys for the first time, with about two thirds of parents choosing to immunise their children through their school immunisation programme.
HPV-related cancers take a long time to develop. The viruses are mostly transmitted in adolescence but often aren’t diagnosed until later. That’s why it’s important for children to be immunised when they’re young.
Around 80% of people will be exposed to HPV in their lifetime. Immunisation can significantly reduce HPV-related harm. Protecting all children before they’re exposed to HPV will protect their health in the future.
Free HPV immunisation at school or from your GP. For more info visit: www.health.govt.nz/hpv
Remind tamariki just how important and special they are. In this episode of Tamariki News, hear why praise and encouragement is so important for children. www.youtube.com...
The former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, built in 1904 and located in the North Waikato town of Pokeno, is no longer a place of religious worship - it has been converted into a home, and is now for sale.
Who would own this little piece of heaven?
Gardener Lynda Hallinan couldn't quite believe it when she found out her grandfather used to spend one day in the garden every September, to produce enough veges to feed his family of eight for the summer. So she put his method to the test.
… View moreGardener Lynda Hallinan couldn't quite believe it when she found out her grandfather used to spend one day in the garden every September, to produce enough veges to feed his family of eight for the summer. So she put his method to the test.
Click here to see the results and check out Lynda's top 10 tips to super fast veges
It's a popular event, with people traveling across the country to attend - a little birdie told us a couple is even coming from across the ditch to check it out!
Are you planning on going?
If you've been before, we'd love to know what you thought - or what your best buy/sell/swap… View moreIt's a popular event, with people traveling across the country to attend - a little birdie told us a couple is even coming from across the ditch to check it out!
Are you planning on going?
If you've been before, we'd love to know what you thought - or what your best buy/sell/swap was!
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After 40 years, Pukekohe's iconic Swap Meet is moving venues. The annual event was first started …
A popular coastal holiday park nestled at the top of the Firth of Thames and only an hour drive from…
Auckland commuters are facing hour-long delays as semester one begins amid a massive rail workers' strike.
The annual bout of road mayhem, dubbed March Madness, has jumped the gun by a few days this year, with semester one starting on Monday.
* Are you affected by March Madness? Send your … View moreAuckland commuters are facing hour-long delays as semester one begins amid a massive rail workers' strike.
The annual bout of road mayhem, dubbed March Madness, has jumped the gun by a few days this year, with semester one starting on Monday.
* Are you affected by March Madness? Send your tips, pictures and videos to newstips@stuff.co.nz
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